Carex vacillans Drejer in C. J. Hartman (Q430)

present

native

1 reference

FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1023&flora_id=1

CA-PE

present

native

1 reference

FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1023&flora_id=1

CA-NS

present

native

1 reference

FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1023&flora_id=1

FR-PM

present

native

1 reference

FNA Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Volume 23: Cyperaceae. Oxford University Press, New York. http://www.efloras.org/volume_page.aspx?volume_id=1023&flora_id=1

Newfoundland, CA

present

native

1 reference

Meades, S., S.G. Hay & L. Brouillet. 2000. Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador. Published in association with A Digital Flora of Newfoundland and Labrador Vascular Plants. http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm (consulted 2009-09-02) http://www.digitalnaturalhistory.com/meades.htm

St. Pierre and Miquelon

1 reference

CA-NB

N.B.

1 reference

CA-NL

Nfld. and Labr.

1 reference

CA-NS

N.S.

1 reference

CA-PE

P.E.I.

1 reference

CA-QC

Que.

1 reference

US-ME

Maine

1 reference

US-MA

Mass.

1 reference

Europe

1 reference

Carex sect. Phacocystis Dumortier

parent taxon

1 reference

taxon habit

herb

1 reference

GBIF taxon key

2726097

1 reference

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

IUCN Redlist Category

NE

1 reference

Global Biodiversity Information Facility

taxon habitat

brackish shores

1 reference

swales

1 reference

salt

1 reference

intertidal marshes

1 reference

saline

1 reference

elevation

0–10 m

1 reference

special status

F

1 reference

taxon description fragment

Plants not cespitose.

1 reference

d0_s0

Culms acutely angled, 15–60 cm, scabrous or glabrous.

1 reference

d0_s1

Leaves: basal sheaths brown;

1 reference

d0_s2

sheaths of proximal leaves glabrous, fronts lacking spots and veins, apex U-shaped;

1 reference

d0_s3

blades usually amphistomic, 2.8–4 mm wide, papillose or glabrous.

1 reference

d0_s4

Inflorescences: peduncle of proximal pistillate spike 0.6–1.7 cm;

1 reference

d0_s5

proximal bract equal to or longer than inflorescence, 2.5–5 mm wide.

1 reference

d0_s6

Spikes erect or the proximal pendent;

1 reference

d0_s7

proximal 2–4 spikes pistillate, 2.8–5 cm × 5–7 mm, base cuneate or attenuate;

1 reference

d0_s8

terminal 1–3 spikes staminate.

1 reference

d0_s9

Pistillate scales dark purple-brown, 2.5–5.5 × 0.9–1.8 mm (including awn), narrower than perigynia, midvein not reaching apex, 1/10–1/3 the width of scale, apex acuminate, aristate, awn scabrous.

1 reference

d0_s10

Perigynia ascending, pale-brown, prominently 2–5-veined on each face, somewhat inflated, loosely enclosing achenes, thin-walled, widely ellipsoid to obovoid, 2.5–3.3 × 1.5–2.2 mm, dull, base with stipe to 0.2–0.5 mm, apex acute to rounded, papillose;

1 reference

d0_s11

beak weakly cylindric, 0.1–0.3 × 0.2–0.3 mm, entire.

1 reference